PSA: Fall back tonight

[bernorange 8362]

Adjust your clocks, yo.

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[miguelito 11266]

Don't tell me what to do.

[Macanudo 12989]

42 minutes ago, bernorange said:

Adjust your clocks, yo.

But, why?

[Kennythetiger 9389]

1 minute ago, Macanudo said:

But, why?

I like this one much better than Spring Forward 

[troph 24851]

51 minutes ago, bernorange said:

Adjust your clocks, yo.

Adjust your microwave clocks is about it these days. Hell even the manual clock in our car auto sets. 

[YGIFS 19452]

illiteratichrono forever!

[Wally Fairway 5559]

#teamdaylightsavingsallyear

Edited November 5, 2023 by Wally Fairway

[RDCanecutter 26452]

My "clock" is set to the sun. When the light coming from the window squares up with the floorboards, I know it's True Noon. I usually observe this while I'm scratching my ass walking to the shower.

[Rudiger 1163]

Speak for yourself. No daylight savings time here in Puerto Rico!

[Wally Fairway 5559]

58 minutes ago, Rudiger said:

Speak for yourself. No daylight savings time here in Puerto Rico!

We are talking about America

Not Hawaii,  PR or AZ

[Surly Bevo 25048]

Actually the best would be to roll with standard time.  We don't need it to be daylight until 9 something at night in the summer (or later the farther north you get). 8:30 for it to get dark is fine, giving most people plenty of time after the standard type work days to get shit done with daylight. And while you may like it being sunny outside later your sleep cycle doesn't and people not getting enough rest is an underrated big problem in our society that has massive cost implications across a range of things.   

The other problem with DST all the time is that by December/January the sun wouldn't be up until 8:30 in the morning a lot of places and again even later the further north you get.  We don't need more tired ass mofos out driving in the dark trying to get to work....already have more than enough with the current system.

 

Edited November 5, 2023 by Surly Bevo

[Biff Tannen 45691]

8 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Actually the best would be to roll with standard time.  We don't need it to be daylight until 9 something at night in the summer (or later the farther north you get). 8:30 for it to get dark is fine, giving most people plenty of time after the standard type work days to get shit done with daylight. And while you may like it being sunny outside later your sleep cycle doesn't and people not getting enough rest is an underrated big problem in our society that has massive cost implications across a range of things.   

The other problem with DST all the time is that by December/January the sun wouldn't be up until 8:30 in the morning a lot of places and again even later the further north you get.  We don't need more tired ass mofos out driving in the dark trying to get to work....already have more than enough with the current system.

 

I don’t know which is which.  I do know that starting tomorrow, the sun will be coming up when I walk my dogs, so I don’t have to walk them in pitch darkness anymore. 

[Surly Bevo 25048]

3 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

I don’t know which is which.  I do know that starting tomorrow, the sun will be coming up when I walk my dogs, so I don’t have to walk them in pitch darkness anymore. 

Tomorrow is the start of standard time, which I always find funny since they messed with the timing changes however long ago we spend a significantly shorter period of our year (early November to early March) in "standard" time than we do in daylight savings time.

[Wally Fairway 5559]

16 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

I don’t know which is which.  I do know that starting tomorrow, the sun will be coming up when I walk my dogs, so I don’t have to walk them in pitch darkness anymore. 

You should follow RDCane and let the sun service when you walk the dogs

[Brisketexan 105154]

Adjust my clock? What, are you Mackenzie Kelly?

[Stunns38 3536]

[tx 3 putt 77060]

[Nicole44 22061]

So since I was 8 I’ve written to every President and I only got one signed letter (which I saved) about this daylight saving bs. Apparently, it has to do with some 1966 Act. At any rate the Texas Legislature voted to do away with it. I cherish my one letter. It probably wasn’t really signed but who cares. I wish we’d leave it alone but getting an extra hour is cool. 

[MrBig 5414]

Did we already turn the clocks back? I have no outside clocks to verify other than my phone which changes automatically.

[BearMace 2206]

21 minutes ago, MrBig said:

Did we already turn the clocks back? I have no outside clocks to verify other than my phone which changes automatically.

Yes. We're in the second 1am hour.

[YGIFS 19452]

There was one?

[DigglerontheHoof 21202]

Fuck standard time.  Team DST.

[bschoolprof 6263]

DST for life here.  Getting dark at 4:15 pm in the north/midwest on a winter day is depressing as fuck and frankly unAmerican.  

[topochico 1049]

Team Standard time. 

[Biff Tannen 45691]

Bars were open an extra hour last night right?  College me appreciated that. Last call my ass!

[CooterBrown 18014]

Bars were open an extra hour last night right?  College me appreciated that. Last call my ass!

I think the switch doesn’t happen until after the bars close. Or at least that’s was the excuse back in the day for not staying open an extra hour.

[Exposition 93]

Team Standard Time. Being -6 hours from UTC simply feels right. 

[South Austin 52519]

This is my favorite Sunday of the year, especially following a day of drinking and watching college football.

[Stunns38 3536]

DST for life here.  Getting dark at 4:15 pm in the north/midwest on a winter day is depressing as fuck and frankly unAmerican.  

Growing up in Chicago, it was depressing as the short days were mostly cloudy then to get dark at 4 poured gasoline on the depression fire.

[Surly Bevo 25048]

Some of you all crack me up with this "shorter day" shit.  The revolution, rotation and tilt of Earth don't give a shit about where we set our clocks.  If you don't want days with limited sunlight move to the fucking equator.

Edited November 5, 2023 by Surly Bevo

[South Austin 52519]

8 minutes ago, Stunns38 said:

Growing up in Chicago, it was depressing as the short days were mostly cloudy then to get dark at 4 poured gasoline on the depression fire.

Yeah, my daughter is going to the Pacific Northwest for college and she’s in for quite an adjustment.

[miguelito 11266]

That's Armybrat at the bottom:

 

 

[atomheartbevo 89727]

11 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

So since I was 8 I’ve written to every President and I only got one signed letter (which I saved) about this daylight saving bs. Apparently, it has to do with some 1966 Act. At any rate the Texas Legislature voted to do away with it. I cherish my one letter. It probably wasn’t really signed but who cares. I wish we’d leave it alone but getting an extra hour is cool. 

Bill Clinton probably wouldn't have signed it if you hadn't enclosed a photo.

[BachelorTrek 3033]

1 hour ago, Stunns38 said:

Growing up in Chicago, it was depressing as the short days were mostly cloudy then to get dark at 4 poured gasoline on the depression fire.

Yeah, going to work in the dark and leaving work with it already dark again always sucked.

[berlinerbaer 678]

I look forward to not having to drag the kids out of bed for school at 7 am in pitch darkness.

I'd also rather not wait until a quarter to ten for fireworks to start on The 4th.

#Teamstandardtime

[RDCanecutter 26452]

16 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

Actually the best would be to roll with standard time.  We don't need it to be daylight until 9 something at night in the summer (or later the farther north you get). 8:30 for it to get dark is fine, giving most people plenty of time after the standard type work days to get shit done with daylight. And while you may like it being sunny outside later your sleep cycle doesn't and people not getting enough rest is an underrated big problem in our society that has massive cost implications across a range of things.   

The other problem with DST all the time is that by December/January the sun wouldn't be up until 8:30 in the morning a lot of places and again even later the further north you get.  We don't need more tired ass mofos out driving in the dark trying to get to work....already have more than enough with the current system.

 

You just made the list of Big Time Change.

[Bevo&Pevo 5205]

Split the hour by 30 minutes and leave it be.  Forever.

[Deej 76830]

8 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

Some of you all crack me up with this "shorter day" shit.  The revolution, rotation and tilt of Earth don't give a shit about where we set our clocks.  If you don't want days with limited sunlight move to the fucking equator.

It's all the lazy fuckers who sleep in that bitch about their days being shorter. 

Dogs woke me up at 3 am instead of 4 today. I got all the daylight.

[Sgt Hulk 13785]

Clear as day mother fukers 

[Grande Mart 517]

11 hours ago, South Austin said:

Yeah, my daughter is going to the Pacific Northwest for college and she’s in for quite an adjustment.

yeah, I live in Portland metro, and winters suck-  driving to work in the dark and coming home in the dark, plus it's rainy and all that. But the summers are awesome. Long summer evenings with plenty of daylight. Decent summer temps, no 4 consecutive months of 110 degree temperatures every day. So it balances out. 

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3025]

3 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Clear as day mother fukers 

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3025]

Team standard time. Sunset at 8:30 pm during the summer is fucking stupid. I argue with my wife about this every year. 
 

I don’t give a shit about your kids’ summer nights either. Get inside, go to bed, and stfu k thx.

Edited November 6, 2023 by Wilcox Cummingtonite

[Biff Tannen 45691]

10 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Clear as day mother fukers 

That's the Onion right?

[Sgt Hulk 13785]

2 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

That's the Onion right?

New York Times op Ed lol

[Samson's Wig 3192]

I'm fascinated by how many people seem to think the days being shorter has anything to do with getting back on standard time. 

Study after study has shown how shitty DST is for all kinds of reasons, particularly as it applies to our health.  I can understand why degenerate drunks prefer it to be dark in the morning when everyone else is headed to work, and I was very much on that team for a long stretch before I grew up and became boring.  I'm not sure these are the voices that should be determining policy.  

I have no sympathy for the assholes who want to mow their yard at 9:00 at night when everyone else is trying to relax.  Get off your ass and do it in the morning or wait till the weekend.  Better yet - xeriscape your yard and don't bother with it at all.  It's the exact same amount of daylight hours no matter what we do, so sort yourself out.  We may as well have the clocks set in a manner that benefits everyone's health and safety, and if nothing else caters to those functional adults who keep the lights on for the rest of the world when it gets dark (at whatever time).  My friends the degenerates will find a way to manage.  They always do.

[YGIFS 19452]

Then we should either pick one and go with it or have the two changes be six months apart, instead of four, like they were for decades.  But move the switches from Oct/Nov & Mar/Apr to the two equinoxes, which is actually something uniform everybody can agree on.  

[Wally Fairway 5559]

13 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Clear as day mother fukers 

He is not wrong; and also I was hungry early today so there is that.

[Wally Fairway 5559]

5 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

Then we should either pick one and go with it or have the two changes be six months apart, instead of four, like they were for decades.  But move the switches from Oct/Nov & Mar/Apr to the two equinoxes, which is actually something uniform everybody can agree on.  

LMAO - 
there is a better chance of solving climate change, or racial/gender/religious biases then picking 1 way to do time zones.
The largest Communist counry (by population) has 1 time zone - think about that, they are all UTC =8
And India is also 1 time zone and it is UTC+5.5 (yeah that is right they picked a half hour difference from anyone else
half hour off time zones include - Irans, Afghanistan, Australia, Venezueal and Newfoundland (but not all of Canada)

But here in the good old USA the hot topic is daylight saving time - and I will use Michigan as an example, the majority want to stop changing time something like 70-75% favor that; but half want no daylight saving time, and half want only daylight savings time (those are the enlighted one - IMO) so the polling breaks down like this
30% - keep changing 
35% - only DST
35% - only Standard Time

this crosses all party lines and industries, agriculture, tourism, education, manufacturing, etc  - I don't think they will ever settle it. 
And me (living in a northern state, on the western edge of the time zone), I enjoy playing golf past 10 pm for weeks in the summer, being at the beach, and my July 4th fireworks around  10:30

 

Spoiler

 

[YGIFS 19452]

I think our timezones are about as good as they can get.  The Central Timezone could use some tweaking.  It's insane to have parts of Western Texas (save for El Paso) and Western North Dakota in the same timezone as most of the Florida panhandle.  But there's nobody in those two places, so who gives a shit?  

I think we eventually have to come to some kinda balance with DST/Standard. Plus 3 of our states still don't uniformly adopt it.  And it also makes international calls/travel have another level of bullshit.  But we're a big country, we get six timezones.  I think we earned it.  But I remember growing up in Chicago and twice a year, my father's trucking terminal was a fucking shitshow because nobody knew what the fuck time it was in a huge chunk of Indiana.  Lotta Old Style beer infused brawls ensued those days in Michigan City.  Which, spoiler alert, is not in Michigan.  And parts of the city, where the terminal was, did not observe DST and some of the area did.  Fucking insanity.  Don't get me started on Arizona, the Florida of the West.  But Hawaii can do its jam, I'm cool with all that sunshine however they wanna mark it.